diff --git a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.5.x.nix b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.5.x.nix
index 64fbabb08001..842d38e8dc5a 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.5.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/sql/mysql/5.5.x.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "5.5.40";
 
   src = fetchurl {
-    url = "mirror://mysql/MySQL-5.5/${name}.tar.gz";
+    url = "http://cdn.mysql.com/archives/mysql-5.5/${name}.tar.gz";
     sha256 = "0q29nzmmxm78b89qjfzgm93r0glaam3xw3zfx1k8ihii39v22dsd";
   };